Meat-support for meat-slicing machines.



y WA. VAN BERKEL.

MEAT SUPPORT POR MEAT SLIUING MAGHINES; APPLIOATIONJFILED SBPT..17, 1909.v

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nner-SUPPORT non Mnnfneiiorrie infiel-rines.

VSipecficaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 17, WG9. Serial No,

llmaitented Nov. Y2?y Tirilli,

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that. l, llliiiiinnrius onmivos .in Rennen? a subject of the Queen of 'the ietherhmds, residing at lRotterdam, Netlierlands, have invented a certain new and useful 'Improved Meat-Support for Mea-tllieing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Thie inventori relates to meat slicing maw shines and it. has for its object to provide a meat support for the same for the-"purpose of insuring' the proper and efficient Cutting of the slices of Soft and rolled meats.

. lleretofore it has heen proposed to pro- 3a ride a meat slicing machine with a meat .Campert which takes the form of an upright har or a curved plate out euch upright har or plate has heen found ineffective for the reason that no means is provided wherehT fr@ the eimport can automatically adjust itself to suit any irregularities; in the shape or thielmeee of the roll of bacon or suoli like.

Under my invention vthe meat support is' provided with a springr or equivalent arrangementy so thaty the meat, which ie Sup ported hy the holder, is held in position and while being out always preesed yieldingly forward against the edge of the knife,

ln order that my invention may he Clearly an understood l have hereunto appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, whereon:`

Figure l is See-tion Showing part of the traveling tahle of a meatelieing machine with the improved meat support thereon. Fig. Q in a plan. Fig. is an end View. (i the table, the usual uprights and o the curved meat support.

Under my invention the meaty Support. c if: made one with Vor secured to a lnaeliet d lo which, at ite lower end, has a lateral exten sion@1 to which a guide rod e is attached this guider-od passing through holes` el, e2, in the frame of the table. 'The extension (il is aleo provided vwith a Short. guide pin f indicated in dotted linee. Below the guide rod e is a `epindle 5/ passed through a hole g1 in the frame and having, at its one end,V a head g and, at. iis other end, a hell Crank lever g/'i /1 is a spiral eprii'lg` wound around the spinv :lle 5'/ and whit-.h hears aggainnt the head (13 and forces the Spindle inward.

'lhe hell eranl; lever r(f1 has one of its arms ly shaped as ehown at. 'L liig'. 2, and the V# 5e part adapted to engage with Vpfroove inthe end of lie guide rod e.

Vlhen using this device the spring 7e, has to he first put out of disengagement until the piece of hacen or ham or euch like has heen placed on 'the table of the machine and properly fastened by' the meat Clamp, the disengagement `of the spring being effected by pulling vthe hell crank lever g2 slightly so as to dieengage the part z' from the end of the rod e and then turning the lever through an angle out ofthe way. When the meat has heen properly adjusted and secured the spring isthrown into engagement again by turning 4the bell, crank lever g2 so that its vertical arm engages with the V- groove of the rod e whereupon the apparatus is in condition for' work.

- `When cutting the meat the table moves forward and the knife tends to press the meat downward and backward against the holder or. support c which yields to a certain extent the spring h being compressed. The action of the spring keeps "t'he meatconstantly pressed against the edge of the l knife. Ae a result it will he eeen that any irrezgularities in the shape of the meat due to the windings of the cord around the Same or otherwise Will he aptomatieally compensated for by the automatic movement of the meat holder, the meat being always pressed up to its work so that a Clean out is obtained and the skin or side of the meat severed Without ragging or tearing.

Having now fully deserihed my invention what I claim and desire to secure hy Letters Patent ie:-

` l. ln a meat-slicing guide-rod slidahle in the same, a meat. support having a bracket secured to the end of said guide-rod, a spindle slid-ably itted in the tahle, a spring upon said Spindle and construe-ted to retract. the same, and a lever upon Said Spindle and detaehahly engaging' the en'd of the `guide-rod.

2. ina 1neat-,slicing` marhine. a table, a guide-rod `supported to `elide in the same and formed with a groove in it` end, a curved nieat-Supportharing a hrarlcet Seouled to the end of the guide-rod., 4a spindle fitted Ato machine, a table, a

. Slide in the table. a. s irino' 'u )on said indle and eonnectetl to retraet the same. and a hell-rank lever piroted on the end of mid spindle and haring' one arm engaging the groove iu the end of the guide-rod.

2l. ln a meat. slicing machine` the eoinhination with the tahle thereof, ot' pini/flee fitted slidably in jthe talolea 'meat supporti connected with said guides, a spindle fitted slidahly in the table, a Spring acting on said spindle and means for connecting the spindle to and dis-connecting it from one of the guides.

4f, In a meat slicnginachine, the combination With the table thereof, of a curved meat support, a bracket for holding the same, guides connected' with the bracket and fitted slidably vin the table, a spindle itted in the table and having a head thereon, a spring arranged to hear against said head and' against the table and a hell crank lever for engaging' the spindle with and dis-engaging it from one of the guides.

5. In a meat slicing machine, the combination with the table thereof, of a frame carrying the table, a meat support of curved shape, a bracket for carrying the moat support, guides in the frame, a spindle having a head at one end thereof and'a bell crank lever at the other end thereof said bell 'crank lever being adapted to engage a groove at the end of the guide.

In'testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILItLtIuMUS, ADRIANUS vir BERKEL.

VVitnessesfWA JEAN HENRI CHARLES HUBERT RSSAERTS, Ii. VELTMEIJER. 

